FR Double Fairlie Question

Evening everyone,

Forgive my ignorance, especially if this has already been answered, but I was watching Michael Portilo's "Great British Railway Journeys" on iPlayer. In the Llandudno to Porthmadoc epsiode (23:03 in), it shows an historic shot of a double Fairlie carrying "Taliesen" nameplates.

Had a double take and wondered when this happened, and what the actual/modern identity of the loco is, as I thought Taliesen was only carried by the single Fairlie?

Many thanks,

Toby

 

Taliesin was the Festiniog Railway's Single Fairlie but the name was transferred to the Double Fairlie, Livingston Thompson in the 1930s. LT is in the NRM now.

 

Neil,

Excellent, very many thanks for clearing this up.

Kind regards,

Toby

 

Moel Tryfan was the original single Fairlie, Taliesin was built a year later in 1876.

 

True, what I meant was that it was the FR's single fairlie, I'll edit my post.

 

It's alright Neil, Andrew has a thing about MT

 

Fair enough, when does the rebuild start around one of the wheelsets?...

 

Never. They've been far more useful steering Linda and Blanche about than they ever were under that thing .

Tim

 

If the Hunslets had been built with the proper number of wheels in the first place...

 

2-6-2+2-6-2 Ffestiniog-gauge garratts?

 

0-6-0+0-6-0 Double Fairlies. Two Moel Tryfans back to back. Mmmmm.

 

For some pictures of the double Fairlie 'Taliesin' in 1960, see :

http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/c813104.html

She (he, it?) became 'Earl of Merioneth' in 1961 :

http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/p41187338.html

The original name, 'Livingston Thompson', was restored when she went to York :

http://ronfisher2.fotopic.net/p44598945.html

Just to add to the confusion, here is the current 'Earl of Merioneth'!

http://ronfisher2.fotopic.net/p62151467.html